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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

China Approves Units 5 And 6 At Hongyanhe NPP

China Approves Units 5 And 6 At Hongyanhe NPP

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp. announced that it had government approval to build to new reactors in the northeastern province of Liaoning.

The expansion project involves a fifth and sixth reactor at the Hongyanhe nuclear power station.

China's National Development and Reform Commission approved the plant expansion after a four-year hiatus from nuclear plant approvals, including a two-year moratorium that was prompted by the 9-magnitude earthquake that lead to the crippling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

The official moratorium on plant approvals in China was lifted in 2012 after safety standards were revised. Construction of plants begun in 2013 involved approvals given before the March 2011 earthquake. Construction also continued at Hongyanhe, where Units 3 is expected to go online this year and Unit 4 is still being built. Units 1 and 2 have been operational since 2013 and 2014, respectively. Read More
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